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Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About The Role
To be part of the Rural Estate Management team of 4 professional surveyors and a Farms Officer, managing the Council’s 14,000 ha rural estate, delivering a high quality, value for money service in line with best practice, statutory obligations, professional standards, and organisational objectives.
The rural estate has a book value of £245m an annual revenue of over £6m, substantial capital receipts and almost 167 tenants running thriving rural businesses.
As well as financial returns the estate plays an important part in the Council’s climate change strategy and the role contributes through managing the environment for biodiversity, landscape, and leisure.
We are looking to recruit an individual who will:
* Provide specialist oversight and input on the current suite of environmental projects and decarbonisation measures to be implemented on the Rural Estate
These include:
* Organising tenant workshops Carry out discussions with the 40 top emitters on the Estate Identify standard/generic lease terms Identify and apply for sources of funding Activate processes to enable more ‘open door’ tenant engagement, social media/online tenant-tenant support etc on the decarbonisation policy being implemented.
* Contribute to regular Biodiversity and Green space forums to ensure join up and shared understanding across council service teams (membership: Biodiversity & Greenspaces Manager Rural Estate Manager and H&T Green Infrastructure Manager)
* Lead the day-to-day management of the decarbonisation measures and environmental project(s) including the management of milestones, plans, progress against cost and quality.
* Support the wider team in the identification and management of dependencies, risks and issues within the project(s), and any potential impact on the overall programme or wider system, ensuring an appropriate level of oversight is maintained and escalated when necessary.
* Establish and lead appropriate project team(s) to deliver the required outcomes of the projects plan providing advice to and acting as a centre of expertise within the service on Project Management.
* Report regularly, including analysis and evaluation of progress on the project(s) into the respective governance in a timely and efficient manner ensuring at all times clarity, engagement with stakeholders, and clear requirements of project details, timings and delivery requirements.
* Devise, implement and manage systems for the delivery of projects which engage directly and appropriately with colleagues, tenants, partners and customers and where integration and co-ordination with other services and organisations is required to achieve the desired outcomes.
* Initiate extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the project(s) are identified or issues arise.
* Act as ‘change manager’ and gain buy-in and support from those individuals who will be impacted throughout the project lifecycle.
* Work with key stakeholders, the wider Rural Team, other council service areas and organisational support functions (Finance, IT, HR, L&D, Legal, Procurement, Communications etc) to ensure accurate scoping of work and associated resource requirements for the project(s).
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Rebecca Roper/John Macmillan -
About You
We would expect the successful candidate's skill to include:
* Project management
* Data and Information management
* Operational Delivery
* Working together
* Strategic thinking
* Leadership
* Communication
* Project Management
* Public sector experience is desirable
* Experience in agriculture/natural capital/climate crisis areas
More information is available in the job specification.
About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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